2. Security who arrested Jamie Murphy are “sorry” for the use excessive force as the Perth teen walks free.

Bali’s Sky Garden Nightclub, where Perth teenager Jamie Murphy was arrested after security found what they claimed were drugs on the young soccer star, have apologised for the “force” used in detaining and searching Mr Murphy.

Jamie Murphy walked free from a Bali police station after tests revealed that the bag of white powder it was claimed was found in Mr Murphy’s bumbag, was not illicit drugs but crushed up painkillers.

Blood and urine tests completed on the teenager to test for the presence of drugs were also negative.

Management of Sky Garden released a statement saying they would like to “extend a sincere apology to Jamie, his family and friends. Our company procedure is to hand over suspects peacefully to police if we feel they’ve committed a crime at Sky Garden.”

“We have reprimanded the security in question and he will not be permitted to come back to work until he has completed and passed another round of police security training.”

The statement said that the guard was “ordered” to hold up Jamie Murphy’s face so police could take his photo but said “we feel he used too much ‘excessive force’ which is clearly unacceptable under the circumstances.”

A judge’s comments have been widely criticised after he said it was “understandable” a 31-year-old man who had sex with a 14-year-old girl as he “was not made of steel”.

Franco Abad, a security guard at the Melbourne Children’s Court, was found guilty by a jury in May of one count of sexual penetration of a child under 16 but escaped a jail term, The Herald Sunreports.

Abad met the victim outside Melbourne Children’s Court, she was in the care of the Department of Human Services.

The judge sentenced Abad to a two-year good behaviour bond after finding his actions “understandable” because the woman was “nubile” and “presented as a very worldly young woman”.

“So … he’s resolved he’s not going to have any more to do with her. And then he goes to bed and at an indefinite time thereafter he’s joined in bed by a nubile young woman,” Judge Ryan said.

“The human aspect of it is readily understandable,” he said. “Well, he’s not made of steel.”

“I’m absolutely satisfied that this man has learnt his lesson … the circumstances of this offence and the circumstances of the offender do not call for any form of custodial disposition in my opinion,” he said.

But the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) appealed the sentence saying it wasn’t harsh enough.

Supreme Court Chief Justice, Marilyn Warren, said the sentence was “manifestly inadequate” and described Judge Christopher Ryan’s original comments as “inappropriate” but the appeal was dismissed.

4. Review into thunderstorm asthma after death toll reaches four.

Four people have died from asthma attacks after a thunderstorm in the Australian city of Melbourne https://t.co/7VTo5qJSGh

6. Man accused of murdering UK Labour MP Jo Cox found guilty.

The British man accused of shooting and stabbing MP Jo Cox in June has been found guilty.

Thomas Mair, 53, shot and stabbed Cox in the English village of Birstall, in West Yorkshire, as she arrived at a library in Birstall, northern England, to meet her constituents a week before the EU referendum.

The court earlier heard that Mair shouted "Britain first" as he fired three shots at the mother-of-two and stabbed her.

When asked to give his name at an earlier hearing, he said: "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain".

Mair denied the politicians murder, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon, but a jury found him found guilty on all counts.

7. Donald Trump softens his stance on climate change.

US President-elect Donald Trump has softened his stance on whether humans have played a role in causing climate change.

In a meeting with The New York Times Trump said he thinks there is “some connectivity” between human activity and climate change, reporter Mike Grynbaum tweeted that Trump said “It depends on how much.”

When asked whether the United States will withdraw from climate change accords, Trump said: “I'm looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it.”